SCARLET: A high-payoff, near-term concentrator solar array

16th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 311-322

  Jones, P Alan ^a   Murphy, David M ^a   Harvey, T Jeffrey ^a   Alien, Douglas M ^b   Caveny, Leonard H ^c   Piszczor, Michael F ^d  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WJ Schaffer Associates   (United States)

^c Ballistic Missile Defense Organization   (United States)

^d NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SATELLITES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SPACE FLIGHT; TRACKING (POSITION);

ARRAY EFFICIENCY; COST-EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS MISSIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS; TRACKING CAPABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84977070374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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